Inlaid tile floor.



No. 7l|,66l. Patented Oct. 2l, '1902,

E. M. HENEnsoN.

INLAID TILE FLOOR.

. (Application med July 19, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIOT M. HENDERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

INLAID TILE FLOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. '711,661 ,dated October21, 1902.

Application filed July 19, 1902.

To will whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIOT M. HENDERSON,

acitizen of the United States, residing in New York city, State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Invention in Inlaid Tile Floors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to floors for bathrooms, ofce-buildings,elevators, decks of boats, and, in general, is for such purposes astiles and linoleum are employed.

The invention also relates to the method of making this inlaid tile. g

The particular object of 'the invention is to secure greater varietyindesign and color effect than has been possible with the tiles thus farknown.

Another object is to secure greater durability in this form of flooringand at a less expense, and an attendant advantage is the great easeeected in making the product.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure lis a plan vie-w of the inlaid tile floor. Fig. 2 is across-section through .fr w, Fig. 1.

The partAis a field of rubber. B is a piece of rubber of another color.C is a backing of rubber or canvas.

The process of making the inlaid tile is as follows: While inits greenstate, apertures of certain sizes and shapes are formed in A by means ofa punch. Then with the same punch the pieces, such as B, are punchedfrom another field of rubber o f different color, also in its greenstate. It is thus seen that the part B is necessarily of the same shapeand size as the aperture in A. B is then placed in A and a completebacking of rubber or canvas is placed below A, and the three pieces arethen put into a hot press and are pressed and vulcanized simultaneously.When taken out of the press the inlaid tile is intact.

The tile is preferably formed of rubber.

The design B of course may be varied without in any way destroying theprinciple which I-have herein set forth.

I claim as my inventionv 1. An inlaid tile of rubber formed of a field Aof one color, having an aperture therein filled with a plu gB of anothercolor, the whole Serial No. 116,182 (No model.)

backed by a layer of rubber, and the said three parts united byvulcanization, substantially as described.

2. An'inlaid tile formed ofa field of rubber of one color, havingapertures therein filled with pieces of rubber of dierent colors fromthat of the first, the whole backed bya layer of rubber, and the saidthree parts united by vulcanization, substantially as described.

3. An inlaid tile formed of rubber, consisting of a field of rubberhaving apertures therein filled with rubber of the same size and shape,but of different colors, the parts being vulcanized, substantially asdescribed.

4t. An inlaid tile of rubber, consisting of a field of rubber havingapertures in which is inserted rubber of the same size and shape, theparts being vulcanized, substantially as described.

5. An inlaid tile, formed of a field of rubber having apertures in whichis inserted rubber of the same size and shape, the whole having abacking of rubber, and all the parts united by vulcanization,substantially as described.

G. The method herein described of making inlaid tiles consisting, first,in punching apertures in a field of flexible material; second:

in punching from another field of flexible material different in colorfrom the first, plugs of the same forni and size as the apertures in thefirst field third: placing the said plugs in the said apertures; fourth:pressing and vulcanizing the said .first field and plugs.

7. The method herein described of making an inlaid tile consistingfirst, in punching apertures in, a field of fiexible material; second:in punching from another field of flexible material different in colorfrom the first, plugs of the same form and size as the apertures in thefirst field; third: placing the said plugs in the said apertures;fourth: uniting the said field and plugs with a backing of rubber orcanvas by pressing and vulcanizing them; substantially as described. v

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses, this 17th day of July, 1902.

ELIOT M. HENDERSON.

Witnesses:

JEssIE H. WATERS, CLARENCE GALIoENsTEIN.

